Route 3 Kingsway Route History

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3 KINGSWAY Route History
By Peter Coulman

May 11th, 1968

Coincident with the opening of the western extension of the Bloor-Danforth subway from Keele to Islington, the KINGSWAY route name was given to a new zone 2 service provided between Jane Street and Highway 27 via Bloor and Dundas Streets. This service was primarily designed to provide transfer connections with intersecting zone 2 routes at Islington, Royal York, Old Mill and Jane stations. (Even though the zone limit was at Jane Street, the entire subway was within zone 1.) From Jane Station buses ran via Armadale, Bloor, Dunbloor and Dundas to Cloverdale Mall, looping around the traffic island just west of Royden. Service returned east along Dundas, Jopling, Bloor, Kipling, around the southwest cloverleaf at the Six Points interchange, then east on Bloor to Jane Station. Sundays and holiday service terminated at Kipling Avenue (Six Points interchange), looping via Dunbloor, Dundas, Beamish, Bloor, Kipling, southwest cloverleaf and Bloor Street.

KINGSWAY	3	HIGHWAY 27 JANE STATION
Monday through Saturday, 18 hours/day
SHORT TURN	3S	KINGSWAY
no scheduled trips
KINGSWAY	3A	KIPLING JANE STATION
Sundays & holidays

August 11th, 1970

West loop expanded from Cloverdale Mall to loop via west on Dundas, then south, east and north on Domino back to Dundas to route.

February 7th, 1971

Route extended west from Highway 27 to Evans Avenue, west of Islington Avenue. Running west from Jane Station via old route to Six Points, Domino, West Mall and east on Evans to Evans Loop (just west of Islington). In conjunction with the above extension, previous Sunday and holiday Kipling (3A) short turns discontinued. The new extension connects with the 37 ISLINGTON route at Evans Loop.

KINGSWAY VIA WEST MALL	3A	EVANS AVENUE JANE STATION
Daily, 18 hours/day

February 24th, 1971

Coincident with the opening of Sherway Shopping Centre, buses operate in both directions via a section of the Sherway Mall "Ring Road" on a trial basis.

November 26th, 1972

Route shortened to operate only between Jane Station and West Mall. From Jane Station via regular route, looping via west on Dundas, south on West Mall Crescent and north on the West Mall. Service on Evans Avenue provided by new 15 EVANS bus from Islington Station.

KINGSWAY	3	WEST MALL JANE STATION
Daily, 18 hours/day

November 21st, 1980

Last day of operation, replaced in part by the new 49A branch of route 49 BLOOR WEST. When zones 1 and 2 were combined within Metro Toronto, there was no longer any need for a zone 2 connector route.

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